Events October 27 - First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 November 25 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 The classical music publishing firm Universal Edition is founded in Vienna Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut Ragtime popularity grows Published popular music "Ain't That A Shame" w. John Queen m. Walter Wilson "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" w. George A. Norton m. James W. Casey "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home To Me" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz "At The Pan-I-Marry-Can" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon "Baby Mine" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Leo Friedman "The Billboard" m. John N. Klohr "Blaze Away" m. Abe Holzmann "Coon! Coon! Coon!" by Leo Friedman & Gene Jefferson "The Country Girl" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards "Davy Jones' Locker" w.m. H. W. Petrie "Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz "Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer "Eyes Of Blue, Eyes Of Brown" w.m. Costen & Andrew B. Sterling "Flora, I Am Your Adorer" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Charles Robinson "The Fortune Telling Man" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker "Go Way Back And Sit Down" w. Elmer Bowman m. Al Johns "Good Morning, Carrie" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman "He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling" w.m.Lawrence Barclay "He Laid Away A Suit Of Gray To Wear The Union Blue" w. Edward M. Wickes m. Ben Jansen "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" w. Arthur L. Robb m. John W. Bratton "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" w.m. Charles K. Harris "Hiawatha" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret Words written 1903. "High Society" w.m. Walter Melrose & Porter Steele "Hoity-Toity" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg "Jagtime Johnson's Ragtime March" by Fred L. Ryder "The Honeysuckle And The Bee" w. Albert H. Fitz m. William H. Penn "I Ain't A-goin' To Weep No More" w. George Totten Smith m. Harry von Tilzer "I Hate To Get Up Early In The Morning" w. John Queen m. Hughie Cannon "I Love You Truly" w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond "I Want To Be A Lidy" w. George Dance m. George Dee "If You Love Your Baby, Make Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w. Bert Williams m. George Walker "I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "I'm Tired" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz "In The Shade Of The Palm" w.m. Leslie Stuart "The Invincible Eagle March" w.m. John Philip Sousa "It Seems Like Yesterday" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark "I've Grown So Used To You" w.m. Thurland Chattaway "Josephine, My Jo" w. Cecil Mack m. J. Tim Brymn "Just A-Wearyin' For You" w. Frank Stanton m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond "The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson "Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "Mighty Lak' A Rose" w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin "My Castle On The Nile" w. Robert Cole & James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson "My Japanese Cherry Blossom" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg "My Lady Hottentot" w. William Jerome m. Harry von Tilzer "My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "My Own United States" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards "My Princess Zulu Lulu" w.m. Dave Reed Jr "Nancy Brown" w.m. Clifton Crawford "O Dry Those Tears!" w.m. Teresa del Riego "Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer "Panamericana" m. Victor Herbert "The Phrenologist Coon" w. Ernest Hogan m. Will Accooee "A Picture Without A Frame" w.m. Al Wilbur & Harry Jonnes "Rusty Rags" Ossman "Sally's Sunday Hat" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "Serenade" w. Jerry Gray & Herb Hendler m. Riccardo Drigo "She's Getting More Like The White Folks Every Day" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker "A Signal from Mars" by E.T. Paull "Simple Little Sister Mary Green" w.m. Clifton Crawford "Somehow It Made Him Think Of Home" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark "Sunflower Slow Drag" m. Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden "Sweet Annie Moore" by John H. Flynn "Tact" w.m. Leslie Stuart "The Tale Of A Bumble Bee" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson "Tell Us Pretty Ladies" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg "There's No North Or South Today" w.m. Paul Dresser "Tobermory" w.m. Harry Lauder "Way Down In Indiana" w.m. Paul Dresser "Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "We Shall Overcome" w. C. Albert Tindley Music 1794 "O Sanctissima". "The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid" w. Harry B. Smith m. Maurice Levi "When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker "When Mr Shakespeare Comes To Town" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz "When The Boys Go Marching By" w.m. Charles W. Doty "When Two Little Hearts Are One" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg "Where The Silv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way" w. C. H. Scoggins m. Charles Avril "Zamona" w. Frederic Ranken m. William Loraine Musical theater Blue Bell In Fairyland London production A Chinese Honeymoon .....London production The Emerald Isle London production The Fortune Teller London production Hoity-Toity Broadway production Kitty Grey London production The Ladies' Paradise Broadway production The Rogers Brothers In Washington Broadway production The Silver Slipper London production The Supper Club The Toreador London production Births July 28 - Rudy Vallee August 4 - Louis Armstrong October 2 - Kiki Deaths January 27 - Giuseppe Verdi